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normalcore 

a core that uses there non conformist powers to obtain a state of equilibrium and normality in the scene, in hopes of bringing all other core members off their Xhigh horses. Because being humble and talking about it non stop hoping for recognition is the new thing.

join normalcore today!!
"Man, that chick is so Xcore, we should act nice and casual to her so she will convert!"

"ya normalcore is so average!!!!"

*casual high five
normalcore by NOTBRADSERVICE January 11, 2010

Normalcore 

A word describing a stage of being in which a person is feeling intense emotions, such as anger, obsession, mania, grief, or joy, while pretending they are calm and collected, despite being very obviously not. The term is primarily used in an ironic or joking manner.
"His dog is actually super cute! I'm going going to steal that thing, so help me god. I'm so normalcore about it, don't worry, hahaha!"
Normalcore by AnotherLazyUsername September 8, 2025

Normalcore Absurdism 

The type of humor that I Think You Should Leave and Portlandia are
I just learned that I really like normalcore absurdism, y'know, the type of humor that I Think You Should Leave and Portlandia are.
Normalcore Absurdism by cArgon July 16, 2025
The act of deconstructing fashion by purposely dressing blank or dull. What once started as a post-ironic anti-fashion, "purposely uncool" trend by hipsters in an attempt to pull away from the subculture fashion that were becoming commercialized and popular, norm core is quickly becoming a legitimate fashion trend. Characterized by boxy, unflattering jean jackets, oversized sweatshirts, gift shop baseball hats. Anything that looks like it might be featured in a Calvin Klein from 1998, or anything you'd wear around the house on laundry day.
Me: Since when did everyone start dressing like Jerry Seinfeld? Not just the hipsters, either. Forever 21 is selling these horribly patterned oversized sweatshirts that look like stock left over from 2001. What's going on?

Friend: lol, normcore. Embrace it.
Normcore by topangarang May 13, 2014

normalforcelessness 

Replacement for silly terms like "zero gravity" or "microgravity" that are currently used to describe free fall.

In free fall, gravity does still act on the falling mass, but it is not balanced by the normal force. That is why no weight is felt: nothing opposes the mass's tendency to fall, and thus the mass accelerates with calculable gravitational acceleration (~9.8 m/s^2).
On NASA's "Vomit Comet," I experienced normalforcelesssness for thirty seconds.
A subculture based on conscious, artificial adoption of things that are in widespread use, proven to be acceptable, or otherwise inoffensive. Ultra-conformists.

First featured as a fictional population in the webcomic Templar, Arizona, but normcores are totally real.
Oh, shee-it! You just got gang signed by the worst of 'em! Y'see the slight forward tilt of the chin, and the causal "hey" with the silent H? That means he's NORMCORE. Dangerously regular. Dresses only in T-shirts and jeans, uses slang appropriated from other subcultures, but only 3 years after its first use, an' only after it's been used in a sitcom."
normcore by Skaught March 27, 2009
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